MR. JEROME DENOUNCES CAPT. SCHMITTBERGER; Hopes He Will Not Be Appointed to an Inspectorship. Unfit to be on the Force, and Is Despised by All Right-Minded Men Who Know His Record, He Says.

Capt. Max F. Sehmittberger of the West Forty-seventh Street Station, who, to save himself from severe punishment, became a witness before the Lexow Committee, when he gave testimony damaging to himself and many other members of the police force, came in for some caustic remarks yesterday from District Attorney Jerome.

February 07, 1903

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